WHAT: A guided walk on some of McLaren Park’s trails + paths, to:
• Highlight some representative trail + path features.
• Hear from you what is your experience now and what would you like for the future.

LOCATION: Parking lot, SW corner of Mansell and Visitacion Ave

This is the first of two planned outreach events for the Trails + Paths focus area. Part 2 will be an indoor workshop (date TBD). This is part of the overall McLaren Park Planning Process.

Come join us this Saturday, February 4 as we cut the ribbon for our newest project: the Mansell Streetscape, a project which converts two lanes of vehicle traffic into permanent pedestrian and bicycle only pathways. This type of project is a first for San Francisco.

There will be outdoor activities, face painting, and various department and community outreach tables throughout the day. Be sure to invite your friends, neighbors, kids, and pets! And bring your bike!

Funding for this project is from your DMV vehicle registration fees, gasoline tax revenue, the city’s half-cent for transportation funds, grants from One Bay Area and the State’s Urban Greening program as well as the 2012 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond.

Additionally, the McLaren Park Planning Workshop will immediately follow the Mansell Streetscape Improvement Project ribbon-cutting at 11:00am. We will be reporting back on the results from the first workshop about the community’s top priorities for improving the park, and the overall project goals. Additionally, we will share a list of focus group projects that we will be discussing more in depth with the community in the coming months. We hope you can join us!

Public transportation via MUNI is available on the 29. Parking is available just off of John F. Shelley and Mansell Drive.

Help us prioritize $10 Million Dollars!
Come and share your ideas.
Bring your friends and family.

Workshop Location

Group Picnic Area – McLaren Park
116 John F. Shelley Drive

Saturday, October 1, 2016
10:00 – 11:30 am

If you have any questions contact: pete.j.moore@sfgov.org.

If you cannot attend please be sure to answer a few questions (takes less than 2 minutes) that will help us determine what the community’s needs are by calling: 415.214.9358 Location Code 001.

]]>Mansell Project Update: Construction moving along!http://sfrecpark.org/mansell-project-update-construction-moving-along/
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:57:23 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=105847Continue reading →]]>Hi everyone,
The construction along Mansell Street is moving along. The road work is mostly complete, and the contractor is currently working on the pedestrian and bicycle path on the north side of the road. We are anticipating that the work will finish up early November.

The construction is requiring us to have the eastern intersection of Mansell Street and Shelley Drive closed, although it is being opened when possible on weekends to accommodate programming at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater. The Jerry Garcia Amphitheater will remain open during construction while access will primarily be from the western intersection of Shelley Drive and Mansell Street or from Cambridge Street for the remainder of the project.

The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department invites you to attend the upcoming McLaren Park Treasure Hunt and Fun Day on July 23rd at 10am. Join us at the Group Picnic area at 116 John F. Shelley Drive for:

A Treasure Hunt that will take you to all of McLaren Parks’ best spots for views, picnics, and hiking;

An opportunity for you to participate in the McLaren Park Improvement Project planning process – this is a community effort that will prioritize how to spend $10 million in 2012 Bond Funds to make McLaren safer and enjoyable for all park users.

Let us know if you would like hard copies of the flyer, they are available in English, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese.

Overall the project proceeding well. We are still planning for the project to be completed end of Summer/early Fall, depending on weather or other unforeseen conditions.

As you may have noticed, we are working to finish up the southern side road work so we can reopen the southern side to traffic. Within the next two weeks we expect to shift traffic to the southern side and start work on the northern side, and close Brazil to traffic (re-opening Persia).

There is a flyer on the webpage that provides a diagram of the routing:

Also, as you may have noticed as well, during the project we have had to shift the green waste/recycling location from Brazil to other locations. We very much appreciate your patience. We expect to re-close Brazil to traffic soon and relocate the green waste operation to half of the roadway, as we designed in the plan. The green waste will be on one side of the road separated by a barrier from the pedestrian and bike access area.

As you may know, the Mansell/Persia corridor through McLaren Park is under renovation. We appreciate your patience during the work.

Over the next several months, there will be temporary alterations to crosswalks and other access routes at times necessary for construction activities.

Starting next week, the crosswalk at Visitation and Mansell will be closed during a portion of the construction work. Please use the nearest open crosswalk if you are trying to access the northern side of the park, approaching the park on foot from the south. There is a crosswalk at Bowdoin Street. Signage will also be provided to direct park users to alternate routes.

The tennis courts and other facilities remain open, and parking and access to the northern side of McLaren Park may be easiest from the northern side of the park, Shelley Drive and the Amphitheater parking lot, if you choose drive.

Thank you all for your continued patience and support during this work.

The work is going well. We are currently adding additional speed limit signs to post a revised speed limit (25 MPH) and school speed limit signs (15MPH) in those areas and other measures. Additionally, staff is reviewing the Brazil intersection to determine what we can do on a temporary basis during construction at that location.

We made a revised routing flyer, to clarify some details (attached). It is very similar to the one I sent out on January 7th, but just wanted to update you – please provide to others that you think would be interested.

I am so glad so many of you were able to come to the ground breaking and to the update I provided at the December 8th, at the Crocker Amazon Park Monthly meeting.

As you may have seen, the construction has started – some early elements have started on Mansell (some signage, landscape clearing work and staging). Depending on weather, very shortly we hope you will see more of the work get fully underway.

As previously stated, throughout the project, vehicular access from one end of the park to the other and all bus lines will be maintained. Stops may be relocated as needed. Starting shortly, as discussed at the update meeting in December, depending on weather, we will be rerouting some traffic onto Brazil in order to do the work on the Persia portion of Mansell. Please see the below diagram.

For more info on the project, which will include many improvements including the repaving of Mansell, new sidewalks, new bike lanes, new landscaping and safer pedestrian crossing and bus stops see the below link:

and next week, Tuesday, December 8th, at the Crocker Amazon Park Monthly meeting, which starts at 6:00pm. It will be held at the Crocker Amazon Clubhouse, located near the corner of Moscow Street and Italy Avenues.

I have heard I will likely be providing an update at 6:30pm, but the time could be adjusted.

Again, please feel free to reach out to me by email or phone if you have questions!

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving.

Best

Karen

]]>Mansell Improvement Project Construction Kick Off Event November 23rd, at 10:30amhttp://sfrecpark.org/mansell-improvement-project-starting-soon-construction-kick-off-event-november-23rd-at-1030am/
Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:25:25 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=98385Continue reading →]]>We are excited to announce Mansell Improvement Project will be starting soon! A ground breaking celebration is planned for November 23rd, at 10:30am at the parking lot at the corner of Mansell and Visitation Avenue. We expect work to start after the 30th of November and to be done by the end of 2016.

During the work, vehicular traffic will be maintained, though shifted at times due to work in specific areas. Your patience is requested.

Looking forward to seeing people at the ground breaking and to improving this important corridor for cars, bikers, walkers and buses and all park users!

The final project was bid and the bids are now back and we hope to start construction in November, depending on the speed of contract certification.

As a review, this project will make major improvements to the Mansell Corridor through the park. It will provide protected pedestrian paths and bikelanes throughout the length of Mansell. It will also repave and improve the road for vehicular and public transit access, provide crosswalks, signage and other amenities. The project design is available on the Mansell webpage, viewable here: http://sfrecpark.org/project/mclaren-mansell-project/ The design is the same as we have posted online last fall, and we presented at the same time (October 14, 2015). As you may know, Improvements to Mansell for pedestrian, transit and bike safety were among the most prioritized in the 2010 McLaren Needs Assessment Report. Additionally, the road is in poor shape, and this project would provide repaving of the roadways for all vehicles as well.

The project is valued at over $6.8 Million and as discussed at the meeting on October 14, 2015, it was anticipated that up to $400,000 of the 2012 McLaren Bond Funds would be needed to fund the project. We have determined that $300,000 (less than the earlier anticipated $400,000) will be needed to match the over $6 Million dollars in State and Federal Grants and other transportation funds this project received.

RPD staff will be asking the Rec Park Commission for approval of the award of contract in October, hoping to begin construction in November depending on the speed of certification of contract and contractor mobilization.

If you have any additional feedback or questions on this contract, please contact Karen Mauney-Brodek, project manager, at 415-575-5601.

The Mansell team – Project Manager Karen Mauney-Brodek and DPW design staff – will be attending the McLaren Collaborative meeting Thursday, October 16th. Meetings starts at 6:30pm and ends at 8:00pm. I think the Mansell update will be closer to the beginning of the meeting on the agenda. This is a meeting of the McLaren Collaborative.

The meeting will be held at the Crocker Amazon Clubhouse, which is located near the corner of Moscow Street and Italy Avenue in Crocker Amazon Park.

]]>Great news for the Mansell Corridor Project!http://sfrecpark.org/great-news-for-the-mansell-corridor-project/
Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:51:23 +0000http://sfrecpark.org/?p=46770Continue reading →]]>The Project is being recommended for $1.7M in One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) funding. If we secure the OBAG funds, we will have about $5.1M in transportation funds for the project.

After months of community outreach including distributing a community feedback form and hosting multiple community meetings, the project team created a final preliminary design which was presented to the community in March and to the Rec & Park Commission in April.

The new design for Mansell Street places the vehicular traffic on the south side of the median and the pedestrians and bikes on the north side. The new design also includes additional traffic calming measures, clearly marked crosswalks for the major intersections, and additional lighting.

The condition of the road will be improved with new paving, and pedestrians and bikes will have a dedicated and safe route through the park. To review the final preliminary design and view other materials presented at our community meetings, please see the links under “Documents and Materials”.